Directory
Past awardees by programme
Who won, where they're based, and what they're working on. Data indexed from OpenAlex and CORDIS.
ERC Starting Grant
European Research Council
Up to €1.5M for early-career researchers up to 10 years post-PhD (from the 2027 calls) conducting ground-breaking frontier research.
ERC Consolidator Grant
European Research Council
Up to €2M for mid-career researchers 5-15 years post-PhD (from the 2027 calls) consolidating their independent research team.
NWO Veni
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Up to €320,000 over 3 years for researchers in the Netherlands within 3 years of PhD completion.
NWO Vidi
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Up to €850,000 over 5 years for mid-career researchers in the Netherlands establishing an independent group.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Monthly stipend of €6,350+ for postdocs (2026-2027 WP): 12-24 months in Europe (European Fellowship) or 24-36 months including a third-country secondment (Global Fellowship).
KWF Young Investigator Grant
KWF Kankerbestrijding (Dutch Cancer Society)
Up to €600,000 over 4 years for early-career cancer researchers establishing their own independent oncology research line in the Netherlands.
DFG Emmy Noether Programme
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Up to 6 years of funding for early-career researchers to establish an independent junior research group in Germany.
ERC Advanced Grant
European Research Council
Up to €2.5M for established research leaders with a 10-year track record of significant achievements.
ERC Synergy Grant
European Research Council
Up to €10M for groups of 2-4 principal investigators tackling ambitious problems that need complementary expertise.
ERC Proof of Concept
European Research Council
€150,000 top-up for existing ERC grant holders to explore the commercial or societal potential of their research.
NWO Vici
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Up to €1.5M over 5 years for senior researchers in the Netherlands building and consolidating an internationally-leading research group.
NWO XS
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
€50,000 for exploratory proof-of-concept research at Dutch knowledge institutions. Pilot studies and early-stage ideas.
NWO Open Competition
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Curiosity-driven research funding across all disciplines, typically €300K, €800K for Dutch research teams.
MSCA Doctoral Networks
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Multi-partner consortia training cohorts of PhD researchers in joint doctoral programmes across Europe.
MSCA Staff Exchanges
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Short-term secondments for staff between academic and non-academic partners across countries and sectors.
MSCA COFUND
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Co-funding for regional, national, or international doctoral and postdoctoral fellowship programmes.
EIC Accelerator
European Innovation Council
Up to €2.5M grant + €15M equity for deep-tech startups and SMEs scaling market-creating innovations.
EIC Pathfinder
European Innovation Council
Up to €4M for visionary early-stage research on breakthrough technologies that don't yet exist.
EIC Transition
European Innovation Council
Up to €2.5M to mature early-stage technologies from lab proof-of-concept to market-ready prototypes.
Wellcome Discovery Award
Wellcome Trust
Average £3.5M over 7 years (range 3-8) for mid-career and established researchers pursuing transformative discovery science in health.
Wellcome Early-Career Award
Wellcome Trust
Salary + up to £400,000 over 5 years for researchers establishing their own independent research programme.
SNSF Eccellenza (retired)
Swiss National Science Foundation
Retired, the last Eccellenza call was in 2021. The scheme's successor path is SNSF Starting Grants.
SNSF PRIMA (retired)
Swiss National Science Foundation
Retired, PRIMA was merged into SNSF Professorial Fellowships, which were themselves folded into SNSF Starting Grants.
DFG Heisenberg Programme
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Up to 5 years of senior funding to prepare researchers for leading academic positions in Germany.
DFG Walter Benjamin Programme
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Postdoctoral fellowship for international mobility, conduct your project in Germany or abroad.
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship
European Molecular Biology Organization
2-year fellowship for postdocs in the life sciences moving internationally to conduct research in Europe.
EMBO Young Investigator
European Molecular Biology Organization
Recognition + networking + €50K budget for outstanding early-career group leaders in molecular life sciences.
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship
Human Frontier Science Program
3-year fellowship for postdocs pursuing bold interdisciplinary life-science research with international mobility.
HFSP Research Grant
Human Frontier Science Program
Multi-country collaborative grants for interdisciplinary life-science teams across the HFSP network.
Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Up to DKK 60M (~€8M) for research consortia tackling specific grand challenges in biomedical and health sciences.
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
Leverhulme Trust
3-year fellowship with salary + research costs for early-career researchers at UK institutions.
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